If March is supposed to come in like a lion, as the old saying goes, February is going out like a wet rag.

Spotty, nuisance showers will fall over the area today, with temperatures remaining well above freezing, said WTNH meteorologist Gil Simmons. "It's not the prettiest of days but it's nothing like the craziness yesterday with the rain and the wind and the coastal flooding.''

Although some rivers in the state are near flood stage, their levels will be dropping during the day, officials said.

High temperatures are expected to reach 46 along the shore and 42 inland, and it will be breezy, Simmons said, with gusts between 10 and 22 miles per hour.

According to The Weather Underground web site, we're right about where we're supposed to be this time of year. The average daytime temperature in Bridgeport is 43 degrees; the record high for today is 67, in 1976. The coldest February 28th on record in Bridgeport is 10 degrees, in 1950.

The maximum February snow depth in the Park City is this month's 30 inches, where 8.5 is the average.

March traditionally begins stormy but grows milder and drier as the month wears on. A major storm will be swirling through the Northeast on Friday night and into Saturday, Simmons said, but all of the precipitation is expected to miss us.

There is a chance of a more impactful storm next Wednesday and Thursday, "and then we'll settle into a quiet weather pattern,'' the WTNH forecaster said.